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oversprinkle

oversprinkle verb: to sprinkle over.

Verb

oversprinkle (third-person singular simple present oversprinkles, present participle oversprinkling, simple past and past participle oversprinkled)

  1. (transitive) To sprinkle over.
  2. (nonce-word, transitive) To be sprinkled over (something).
    • While the stars that oversprinkle / All the heavens seem to twinkle / With a crystalline delight.1849, Edgar Allan Poe, The Bells

oversprinkle meaning in Bengali

oversprinkle in Bengali

উপরে ছিটানো, কিছুর উপরে ছিটানো হওয়া

Forms of oversprinkle

third-person singular presentoversprinkles
present participleoversprinkling
past participleoversprinkled
pastoversprinkled

Origin of oversprinkle

From over- + sprinkle.

Questions about oversprinkle

What does oversprinkle mean?
Oversprinkle means to sprinkle over.
What is oversprinkle in Bengali?
Oversprinkle in Bengali is উপরে ছিটানো, কিছুর উপরে ছিটানো হওয়া. See Oversprinkle meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is oversprinkle?
Oversprinkle is a verb.
What is the past tense of oversprinkle?
The past tense of oversprinkle is oversprinkled.

Words near oversprinkle in the dictionary

  1. overspreadings
  2. overspreads
  3. overspring
  4. overspringing
  5. oversprings
  6. oversprinkle
  7. oversprinkled
  8. oversprinkles
  9. oversprinkling
  10. oversprung
  11. overspun

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